20 February 2018

FORMER Zesco United coach George Lwandamina is set to bounce back at the Ndola side barely two years after his resignation. Lwandamina quit his job at Zesco to join Tanzanian side Young Africans. According to Zesco insiders, the club has finalized Lwandamina’s paper work and the coach will join the Ndola side this week. Tenant...

ZANACO yesterday left for Gambia with coach Mumamba Numba dropping striker Chitiya Mususu and defender Jimmy Nakena from his 18-man squad to face Armed Forces in the CAF Champions League preliminary round return leg. The bankers have a comfortable 3-0 lead from the first leg played at Nkoloma Stadium last Saturday. Numba said Gambia is...

Housing and Infrastructure Minister Ronald Chitotela says President Edgar Lungu will win by 65 per cent in 2021. And Chitotela says government will continue borrowing for developmental projects so that the opposition can have nothing to talk about. Speaking when he delivered a K75,000 cheque to Rufunsa youths Sunday evening, Chitotela, who is also national...

THE Zambia Rugby Union (ZRU) has restricted the number of players each club should register per season to 35. ZRU general secretary Francis Chitambo said in an interview yesterday that the union will only allow each club to register 35 players in a season. He said the union resolved to have transfer window from November...

People's Party leader Mike Mulongoti says it is worrying to see President Edgar Lungu continue appointing people whose eligibility to serve in public office was disputed and still being adjudicated upon by the courts. Reacting to the appointment of Margaret Mwanakatwe as Zambia's Finance Minister, Mulongoti said moving ministers from one place to another was...

SACCORD executive director Boniface Chembe says President Edgar Lungu must take advantage of Congolese President Joseph Kabila's visit to Zambia, and press him to allow free and peaceful elections in that country. And Chembe says attacks on UPND supporters by PF cadres in Sinda district of Eastern Province on Saturday were unfortunate and regrettable. Meanwhile...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in North Western Province has seized assorted goods from Pick n Pay, Kapiji Mall worth K 2,210 for failure to meet required retail standards. According to statement by CCPC public relations officer Namukolo Kasumpa, the seizure followed a spot inspection conducted at the retail outlet which revealed that...

ZNFU has appealed to the newly appointed Minister of Agriculture Michael Katambo and Minister of Fisheries and Livestock Kampamba Mulenga to maintain high levels of consultation with the agricultural stakeholders to make collective positions on policy issues. And Zambia National Farmers' Union says Zambians should brace themselves for price hikes in all farm products, as...

The talk of the IMF has started again. Last year, while serving as National Secretary for the Economics Association of Zambia we held a series of discussions around the IMF. From time to time I appeared on Diamond TV and talked about the same. With the talk back, I thought I share my thoughts again:...

Chief Government Spokesperson Dora Siliya has apologised to Congo DR President Joseph Kabila over the motorcade accident which occurred along Leopards Hill Road on Saturday. In a statement, Monday, Siliya, who is also Minister of Information, claimed police had done route lining but the deceased driver of a Toyota Dyna registration number ACJ 8318, Andrew...

What explains President Edgar Lungu’s decision to reshuffle his cabinet on 14 February 2018? High-profile changes were announced, including the removal of Felix Mutati as Minister of Finance and the appointment of Margaret Mwanakatwe, previously Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, as his replacement. Another was the elevation of Dora Siliya, formerly Minister of Agriculture,...

Leader of opposition business in the House Jack Mwiimbu says as Parliament resumes sitting this week, his party expects issues of excessive borrowing, massive corruption in the current government and the breakdown in the rule of law to be addressed. In an interview with News Diggers! Mwiimbu said the new Finance Minister Margaret Mwanakatwe should...

The Felix Mutati MMD faction has maintained that despite being in a relationship with the PF, the former ruling party is an independent movement with its own political agenda. And MMD national secretary Raphael Nakacinda has expressed confidence that his party president will transform and add value to the Ministry of Works and Supply, the...